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Student Culture and the Contradictions of Equality at a Mexican Secondary School
Author(s) -
Levinson Bradley A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1998.29.3.267
Subject(s) - sociology , ethnography , solidarity , subjectivity , organizational culture , gender studies , pedagogy , epistemology , political science , public relations , law , anthropology , politics , philosophy
This article examines the dynamic relationship between official school structures and forms of student subjectivity through an ethnographic account of student culture at a Mexican secondary school. Tightly interwoven discursive and organizational practices promoting solidarity and equality defined the “official” school structure. Students appropriated these resources to fashion a culture of equality which both accommodated and denied different student sensibilities. The article concludes with an analysis of student culture in terms of practice and cultural production theory.